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koshkin
MODERATOR Dark Lord of Optics Joined: June/15/2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 13181 |
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Posted: June/04/2010 at 22:21 |
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Let me know what you think. ILya
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lucytuma
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"And thats how the fight started". Thanks always for your time and professional advise.
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"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." - Thomas Jefferson
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BobinNH
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That was A great read, Thank you for posting!
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snakeman48
Optics Apprentice Joined: March/29/2010 Location: SW Lower Mich Status: Offline Points: 129 |
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I just finished the read on this review during one of my insomnia moments last night.
Another excellent review. Thanks' Ilya for doing these reviews for us. Very, informative. |
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RifleDude
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Excellent review, Ilya! Thanks for your time and effort!
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Ted
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koshkin
MODERATOR Dark Lord of Optics Joined: June/15/2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 13181 |
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I just heard back from Minox and the scope I was looking at is indeed an early prototype hence some quirks that I saw with the assembly. Still, they are ripping it apart to do more detailed FA based on my comments. Can't ask for more than that. ILya
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SVT_Tactical
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The Dark Lord's power once again displayed
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"Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be" - Abraham Lincoln
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stickbow46
Optics Master Extraordinaire Joined: January/07/2009 Location: Benton, Pa Status: Offline Points: 4678 |
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Thanks for very good review.I've already purchased a Z5 4-20x50 & am looking forward to your opion on this scope,
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amandak695
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Such a very amazing link! Thanks you for the post. |
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tidmarshsmiths5
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WOW! Perfect read! Exactly what I was looking for!
More for me to compare...that was a great writeup. Thank you. |
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Ed Connelly
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............and they are not expensive!! [ well, not relatively.....400 bucks is still $400...]
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jetwrnch
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I must have missed something here. How would the Minox and Conquest compare as far as color, etc. is concerned? I.e. picking out a coyote at a longer distance against a similar background in lower light?
Thanks! (shut up Ed ) |
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koshkin
MODERATOR Dark Lord of Optics Joined: June/15/2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 13181 |
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As far as color goes, Minox and Conquest are pretty similar. Picking out a target at a distance will be a little easier with the Minox in the center of the FOV and a little easier with the Conquest closer to the edges. ILya
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JF4545
Optics Master Joined: March/31/2009 Location: Washington Status: Offline Points: 2753 |
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Ilya,
Thank you so much for the great write up. I just ordered 2 of the ZA5 Minox scopes with the help of Chris F. II Thanks Chris!! One scope for a AR is a 3x15x50 XR-BDC, the other for a New 17 HMR Savage is a 3x15x42 4A Reticle...... I think these are gonna be Great scopes for these rifles and the price and service sure was great...I may be getting a Vortex PST soon also and Im curious as to what you have to say about them as well Ilya. Please keep up the great work.. Also you asked me to up date you sometime on lil Butch I got from your area in CA. Actually Delano, Butch is doing very very well, he has turned out to be the best dog Ive ever had. I just love Pitts!!
Jules......
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JAG980
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Ya know ... I realize that through the lens camera shots are NOT at all the truth. However when I look at all three of the photos of the American flag, I see the Meopta to be much higher in clarity and resolution. Maybe it is just me though.
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koshkin
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"Through the scope" photographs, unless very carefully set up, have exactly zero bearing on the optical quality of the scope. I do not go through the effort of setting it up and any pictures I take are not designed to demonstrate the optical quality of the photos. For years, I refused to take any through the scope photos specifically because there would always be someone inclined to make image quality conclusions based on that. I have started take some of the pictures to show the FOV and the reticles, but despite the disclaimers people still tend to read too much into ti. ILya
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Just purchased a Conquest off the Sample List for 329 with at 4a reticle. I already have a Conquest with the Z-plex that to my eye was as good as a Kahles I have,that was 5-6 years old, in low light. I will report back after I mount and compare to the Swarvoski I just purchased last fall.
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